Improvement in printers  composing-sticks



G. D. REPPY. Printers Composing-Stick.

No. 220,942. Patented Oct. 28, 1879..

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CHARLES D. REPPY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT lN PRINTERS COMPOSlNG-STICKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,942, dated October28,1879; application filed March 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHAs. D. REPPY, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Printers Composing- Sticks; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of stick and gage;Fig. 2, a cross-section thereof through as 'm of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, aperspective of clamping-nut; Fig. 4, a perspective of gage, and'Fig. 5 aperspective of clamping-screw.

My invention relates to printers composingsticks, and has for its objectthe production of a gage that will combine the two advantages ofpossessing more than one wearingpoint and of admitting of suchlongitudinal adjustment as will lengthen the stick and it consists of arectangular or four'side gage having two faces, so as to have three orfour wearing points or corners, the gage admitting of reversal orinterchange of parts, and also of adjustment, of which a more particulardescription will hereinafter be given.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A, refers to the stickgenerally; B, to the bottom thereof; 0, to the back, and D to the fixedend or head. The back of the stick has the usual holes formed thereinfor the passage of the clamping screw H therethrough.

It is well known thatthe gage wears out at the corners next to the frontof the stick, the wear being occasioned by the friction of the thumb, byrust, and by other causes. This pre vents the type being set up justly,and unfits the whole gage for use. It is therefore an object to producea gage that will have more than one wearing .point or corner, so thatone can be substituted for the other, for as the number ofwearing-points are increased so to that extent is the service of thegage extended.

With a view to produce such a gage, I construct one of rectangular formhaving four corners, E, and at least two faces, F, constitutingpreferably a rectangular frame, with slots G in its two sides, andadmitting of reversal or turning, so that when one corner becomes worn asquare corner can be substituted for it by turning or reversing thegage.

The gage is clamped to the back of the stick by means of screw H and nutI, both of which are of the usual construction. The screw is passedthrough one of the holes in the back of the stick and into the nut, theshoulder of which fits into the slot in the side of the gage. Byloosening the screw and nut the gage can be moved up or down within thestick without removing the screw.

By thus constructing the gage the same,

may be made light and as equally strong as the old gage without being atall in the way of the palm of the hand.

By adjusting the gage and screw to the lower hole in the stick, asix-inch stick can be made to take the place of an eight-inch stick, thegage projecting beyond the open end of the stick and forming a rest forthe hand.

Havin g described my invention, what I claim 1s l. The Within-describedgage for a printer-s composing-stick, constructed rectangular in formand with slots in its two sides, whereby it combines severalwearingpoints, and adjustability to lengthen the stick, as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. The within-described gage, constructed rectangular in form and withslots in its sides, in combination with the composingstick and lockingscrew and nut, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this27th day of March, 1879.

CHAS. D. REPPY.

Witnesses ALVIN CARL, Orro BERLIEN.

